Hightail CEO Brad Garlinghouse explains how the company's acquisition of adeptCloud will help to allay security fears companies have that use cloud storage services. Photo: AP.

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... we would use these Snowden Effect and one is a man of the cloud computing welcome to Digits I'm Simon Constable only be joined by ... Hightail CEO Brendan going house thank you Brian much for joining us from ... great to be here Simon ... so what is the Snowden effect ... what a good year for things happening with the ... news from Snowden that I've that people want more more transparency and more control over their files ... think everyone loves the fact that as file management Falcon live in the cloud that ... they love the fact they can access everywhere in Helmand everywhere ... but they want the same lower control and security they had was on the laptop ... now the thing with with that with Snowden is that he took files and make gone out of control of his employer which ultimately I guess with the the the US government ... is inevitable that no matter wat system new path for looking up the files ... is that some will walk and walk away if it eventually because someone will be ... dedicated enough to get them out for it will be a workable ... well it's Deathly true that I think yes at some points I there's always risk Associates in data security ... but I think a lot of companies are making very smart decisions about ... how to minimize this ... year frankly I think one of things we have seen Dr momentum for our business is what we call the Dropbox problem ... we've heard from Mexico analysts to cover our spaces for the most frequently searched for terms that people are asking about Dropbox ... Mr. puts creates really a security risk when people share files that they can then lead the organization take all this with them ... and treat them not even realize ... that things you're updating your Dropbox account are still being updated ... we hiked Ilya given the ability to have the security control but also the ease of use you expect from ... these kinds of ... applications ... so that that's what my toes trying to man is trying to make the cloud ... if he likes to kill what what specifically are you doing ... one reason is as of the examples they note we have it deftly prior ties security controls the bedrock of our products wheat ... from the very beginning we offered services like a read receipt ... or password protect a single file here we see a spike of activity out with accounting files around tax day ... begins either accounts are sharing with their clients are Class A share of accounts ... and they wanna know that when the upload the files they can control for example ... pastor protection that single file ... for expirations that when one person ballots that the file expires ... go to mitigate the risk that some filed the suits up in the cloud and they don't have visibility into how it's being used or how many people are touching ... I know you just made an acquisition at depths while ... how does how does that fits ... what does God take security to a whole other level ... we found is that with that foundational pieces of some the security control Doctor controller talked about ... but the cloud the ... first segment of users to I think exceptionally high and security it takes that allows for that type of control ... you know ... the founders of the crowd truly are rocket scientists there guys who were behind the self driving cars and products with DARPA ... to really lucky to have them join the team and really enhanced we Bharti started building when it comes to security control for our ... customers ... brand what one of things that I know a lot of people one DeVry frustrated with his having too many passwords and having to change them all the time ... the more security you happen the more layers of password seed you put in ... prison for the dogs can only view employees just more and more and more frustrated ... here you are actually right that the delicate balance between delivering a really robust security ... the nice thing about what a dichotomy brings is that the fundamental philosophy ... that you don't have to sacrifice ease of use and elegant product designed ... to get high and enterprise grade security ... and we seen that with the products we delivered to market so far we think that these guys joining the team will build think that even further ... market now what one other things resources security firm was Apple coming out with a new I phone ... that will take your fingerprints found his fingerprints of the way to go ... will computer is on the way you might kill you put a little finger friends can add it to put the fingerprint and ... you know it's May ... I do myself when I leave you delete my thing apart from its enterprise ... sure ... I still pointed to anything that makes it easier and more secure from and in the point when you that's a better bet to better outcomes so ... we certainly think about using authentication like a ... fingerprint is a step forward ... I've that Swan um I think what many different by a metric ton of tools that can point us from Apple or other companies ... yet they do continue to see that evolution is really as you describe it makes your life easier as the customers the remembering ten of the pastor is like this is my fingerprint ... that's a good evolution I think ... as we talked up the dust cloud party you bring really robust security ... but with the ease of use you come to expect in your favor consumer websites ... that's re think the world is going in Apple's one step towards that ... content read thank you very much heat on congratulations on your acquisition ... CEO of Hightail brand going house we appreciate time so ... thanks I'm ... I'm Simon Constable and that was digits